Ukrainian strikes on Russia kill 5

Ukraine fired hundreds of drones at Russia early yesterday, killing five people including a child, according to Russian officials.
28 July 2026

South Korea’s Yoon gets suspended jail term

A South Korean court yesterday sentenced former president Yoon Suk Yeol to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, after finding him guilty of violating the election law by making false statements during his 2022 presidential campaign.
28 July 2026

China backs Brazil govt in opposing ‘interference’

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday told his Brazilian counterpart that he supports the country in “opposing external interference”, Beijing’s state media said, reporting a call between the leaders.
28 July 2026

Iran says no current negotiations with US

Insists on retaining control over the management of the Strait of Hormuz
27 July 2026

Mass shooting kills two in Seattle: US media

A mass shooting near the Space Needle landmark in Seattle killed two people on Sunday and wounded at least four others, including a child
27 July 2026

Israel to allow international force into Gaza, Israeli official says

Israel will allow a multinational security force ​to enter Gaza as proposed under US President Donald Trump's ceasefire plan for the ‌enclave
27 July 2026

Iran halts strikes as Trump gives space to talks

Iran and the United States held their fire Sunday, handing Gulf shipping and the oil industry a respite from missile strikes as Donald Trump's UN envoy said the president was "giving talks some space"
27 July 2026

US-Iran war: Retaliatory strikes halted

Iran said yesterday it has halted retaliatory attacks against US allies in the Middle East after Washington stopped its strikes on the country for the past two nights.
27 July 2026

Israeli strike kills top Hamas security official in Gaza

An Israeli airstrike yesterday killed a senior officer of the Hamas-run Palestinian internal security service in the Gaza Strip and an associate as they travelled in a vehicle through Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza, medics and police officials said.
27 July 2026

UK PM vows to put ‘Britain’s interest first’ in Trump ties

New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he may “take a different opinion” from US President Donald Trump and will “put Britain’s interest first” when dealing with the American leader.
27 July 2026

Two dead after plane crashes onto German house’s roof

Two men flying in a small private plane died Saturday when they crashed into the roof of a house in northwestern Germany, police said.
27 July 2026

Election talks: Brazil denies visas for US officials

Brazil denied visas for two US officials who sought to meet with Brazilian election authorities less than three months before a tense presidential vote, a diplomatic source told AFP on Saturday.
27 July 2026

Southern China faces torrential rain, flood risk

Typhoon Noul dumped heavy to torrential rains across much of southern China for two days, authorities said, after sweeping the province of Guangdong and neighbouring Hong Kong with gale-force winds, following landfall yesterday.
27 July 2026

Settlers set fire to two mosques in West Bank

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank early yesterday, setting fire to two mosques and scrawling graffiti on buildings, Palestinian officials said.
27 July 2026

Syria reports fresh Israeli incursion

Syrian state media said Israeli forces carried out an incursion into the country’s south yesterday, a day after the visiting UN chief urged an end to Israeli violations and respect for Syria’s sovereignty.
27 July 2026

German cops hunt for prime suspect

Berlin police have published a picture of a 21-year-old man suspected of carrying out Saturday night’s attack at the celebration in which a vehicle rammed into a crowd, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen.
27 July 2026

Russia seeks 30,000 extra North Korea troops: Zelensky

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia has sought an extra 30,000 troops and missile launchers from North Korea to fight his country.
27 July 2026

India’s Gen Z dents Modi’s aura ahead of key state polls

Nearly five weeks after India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) began demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over exam paper leaks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 75, posted a rare Instagram selfie video.
27 July 2026

‘Difficult hours’ loom in wildfire battle

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said yesterday difficult hours lay ahead in the fight against the country’s wildfires, but officials had seen positive developments in controlling the blazes around Madrid.
27 July 2026

Cuban president accuses US of 'political genocide' on anniversary of revolution

Diaz-Canel criticised US State Department report accusing Cuba of backing an 'unprecedented wave of leftwing terrorism on American soil'
26 July 2026